Jordan officially The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Arabic: اَلمَمْلَكَة اَلأُرْدُنِيَّة اَلهَاشِمِيَّة‎ al-Mamlakah al-ʾUrdunniyyah al-Hāšimiyyah) is a country in the Middle East with the Dead Sea and Israel in the west, Iraq and Saudi Arabia in the east, while Syria is in the north. Egypt is seen in the south-west from the country near the Gulf of Aqaba.